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How to Support Your Lymphatic System
How to Support Your Lymphatic System Our bodies are equipped with a remarkable network called the lymphatic system, which plays an important role in maintaining our overall health and well-being. The lymphatic system is responsible for moving a fluid called lymph that...
Underarm Detox
Ever Heard of an Underarm Detox? It's nearly officially summer in Tucosn. What happens even more in the summer time? SWEAT! That's right. And, the human armpit gets a bad rap due to the presence of odor-producing bacteria. To prevent unpleasant smells, the armpit...
Are You Well Hydrated?
If you pass the skin test, then you are well hydrated. Now that summer is essentially here, hydration is a hot topic. Especially in the Tucson desert, many of us are not well hydrated. And, people think that salt is something that should be avoided. But the truth...
Origins of the Keto Diet
Origins of the Keto Diet The keto diet, short for the ketogenic diet, has been around for nearly a century. It was originally developed in the 1920s by Dr. Russell Wilder at the Mayo Clinic as a treatment for epilepsy, particularly in children. The diet was designed...
Keto Vegetarians: A Guide to a Plant-Based Ketogenic Diet
Keto Vegetarians The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, low-carb diet that has gained popularity due to its potential health benefits, including weight loss, improved blood sugar control, and reduced inflammation. As such, there are keto vegetarians! However, following a...
Mastering Macros – Understanding Carbs, Fats, and Proteins
Mastering Macros Have you heard the term macros? Macronutrients, or macros for short, are the three main categories of nutrients that our bodies need in large (macro vs micro) amounts to function properly. The 3 macros are carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. Each...
Understanding Net Carbs on a Keto Diet: A Key to Achieving Your Health Goals
Understanding Net Carbs on a Keto Diet The benefit of counting net carbs on a keto diet is that it allows you to track your carbohydrate intake more accurately and stay within your daily carb limit. On a keto diet, the goal is to enter a state of ketosis, where your...
How Maintaining a Healthy Weight Can Improve Your Life
Healthy Weight: How It Can Improve Your Life Maintaining a healthy weight is not just about personal preference of your body size; it can also have a positive impact on your overall health and wellbeing. There are at least 5 important aspects to your life that benefit...
Unlocking the Benefits of Intermittent Fasting: A Beginner’s Guide
Unlocking the Benefits of Intermittent Fasting: A Beginner's Guide Fasting: abstinence from food or drink or both for health, ritualistic, religious, or ethical purposes. The abstention may be complete or partial, lengthy, of short duration, or intermittent. Fasting...
Quenching Your Thirst: The Vital Importance of Clean Filtered Water
The Importance Of Drinking Clean, Filtered Water It should go without saying, but drinking clean, filtered water is important to your health for several reasons. Firstly, clean water is essential for good health as it helps to regulate blood pressure, transport...
Say Goodbye to Knee Pain: Tips for a Stronger, Healthier Knee
Got Knee Pain? In my office, I hear over and over, “My knees hurt.” People fear their knee pain is only going to get worse and impact the rest of their lives, maybe even requiring a joint replacement down the road. Well, early knee pain may not be as complicated to...
Health Benefits of MCT Oil
Health Benefits of MCT Oil and How to Consume It MCT (medium-chain triglyceride) oil is a type of saturated fat that has several potential health benefits. I personally have consumed 1Tbsp of MCT oil virtually every day of my 140lb weight loss journey over the last 6...
How Chiropractic Care Can Help Alleviate Allergies and Asthma Symptoms
How Chiropractic Care Can Help Alleviate Allergies and Asthma Symptoms One common question I get asked is if chiropractic care can help people with allergies and asthma. I’ve heard many patients tell me they improve with chiropractic care, and research supports these...
Understanding the Difference Between Osteopenia and Osteoporosis
Understanding the Difference Between Osteopenia and Osteoporosis: What You Need to Know to Keep Your Bones Strong Osteopenia is a condition in which bone mineral density is lower than normal but not low enough to be classified as osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is a bone...
The Connection Between Chiropractic and Better Sleep
The Connection Between Chiropractic and Better Sleep Sleep is essential for good health, yet millions of people around the world suffer from poor quality sleep. According to the National Sleep Foundation, adults need between 7 and 9 hours of sleep per night, but many...
Benefits of Percussion Therapy
Benefits of Percussion Therapy While the chiropractic adjustment is most important and the “main thing” used by Dr. Kalaba to help restore your health by improving the function of your nervous system, soft-tissue release in the form of percussion therapy is also used...
How Chiropractic Care Can Help You Heal from a Herniated Disc
Say Goodbye to Herniated Disc Pain: How Chiropractic Care Can Help You Heal Many people come into my office with a history of a herniated disc. They are a common spinal condition that can cause pain, numbness, and weakness in the back and limbs. Also known as slipped...
Brain Boosting Foods for Optimal Cognitive Health
Brain Boosting Foods When it comes to brain health, we all want to be mentally sharp for as long as we can. Over the course of my practice, I have seen many people in their 50s and 60s start talking about memory decline, trouble finding words, brain fog, and...
Cracking the Benefits of Eggs: Why They’re a Superfood
The Health Benefits of Eggs I happily admit that I love eggs. Despite the bad rap that eggs have received the last few decades (read more below), there are many health benefits of eggs. “Eggs have been recognized as functional foods due to the presence of bioactive...
Vitamin D – The Sunshine Vitamin
Vitamin D - The Sunshine Vitamin Vitamin D is an essential nutrient that helps our bodies absorb calcium, maintain healthy bones, and boost our immune systems. One of the primary ways we can get it is by exposing our skin to sunlight. However, there are several...
Got Migraine Headaches?
Got Migraine Headaches? Did you know that 9 out of 10 people experience headaches? Are you one of them? Chiropractic care may help alleviate headaches, including migraine headaches, in several ways. Here are a few: Improving Nervous System Function: Interference with...
The Power of Stretching
The Power of Stretching In my chiropractic practice, I come across people who love to stretch before exercising, while others refuse to do so and only stretch afterwards. Regardless of your preference, there are benefits to stretching. Specific research has provided...
Benefits of Vitamin B
Benefits of Vitamin B There are 8 micro-nutrients that make up the Vitamin B category and are essential for good health and normal function of your body. They are all water soluble, which means they are not stored in the body. As such, they must be part of your...
Healthy Cooking Oils
Healthy Cooking Oils When you are inspired to make healthy changes to the way you eat, it’s easier to take small steps than to go cold turkey. One relatively easy change to make is to replace unhealthy, bad cooking oils with the good, heart-healthy oils. You can do...
Foam Rolling Benefits and Pitfalls
Foam Rolling Benefits and Pitfalls Foam rolling is a technique for self-myofascial release. Fascia is fibrous connective tissue, mostly collagen, that wraps around and connects organs, muscles, tendons, and ligaments. Fascia enables body parts to move individually or...
Health Benefits of Avocados
Health Benefits of Avocados Avocados are one of Dr. Kalaba’s favorite fruits, yes a fruit!(1) A fruit is defined as part of a plant that develops from the flower of that plant and contains seeds. Whereas vegetables are from other parts of the plant, such as leaves,...
Benefits of Magnesium
Benefits of Magnesium There are many researched and noted benefits of magnesium, including playing a role in more than 300 enzymatic processes in the body, making it essential to have adequate levels.(1) Magnesium is a mineral often referred to as an electrolyte and...
Foundational Supplements
Foundational Supplements With the highly processed food that is consumed in America, adding whole food supplements is essential to creating a solid basis for your health. The four foundational supplements that Dr. Kalaba, DC, recommends are: Multi-Vitamins Omega-3...
Healthy Fats
Healthy Fats Yes, there are good fats and bad fats. So, what are the best foods to eat for healthy fats and what should you avoid? Most people can follow the guidelines below, while a very small portion of the population might have genetics that minimize even the...
5 Health Benefits of Cleansing
5 Health Benefits of Cleansing If your health routine is in a rut and you feel sluggish, tired, overwhelmed, foggy headed, and backed up, then it just might be time for you to do a cleanse or detox and experience the benefits of cleansing. A cleanse is when you change...
Ten Inspirational Quotes to Remind You to Have Fun, Enjoy Life, and Live Healthy
Inspirational Quotes for Any Time of Year Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.~Thomas Carlyle Reclaim your curiosity,...
What Are Your Health Goals
Let’s Talk About Health Goals What are your 2023 health goals? Yes, I am specifically avoiding the term resolution. (Send me an email declaring your health goals at 50MV@vital-life-chiropractic.com – see more info at the end of the post.) Goals? Goals are...
How to Address Chronic Pain and Inflammation
How to Address Chronic Pain and Inflammation Many times people seek out chiropractic care because of their aches and pains–neck, low back, shoulders, knees, hands...Even though pain is what they notice the most, the underlying factor that is the true culprit is...
Bone Broth – It’s What’s for Dinner
Have You Made You Own Bone Broth? Homemade broth from simmering beef, chicken, turkey, lamb, wild game, or fish bones for long periods of time (8-36 hours) is one of the best things you can consume for your overall health, immunity, skin, and digestive support. Bone...
The Many Health Benefits of Turmeric
The Many Health Benefits of Turmeric Turmeric is not just a household spice. There are many health benefits of turmeric. At a simple level, it has been documented to relieve pain associated with arthritis, swelling, and inflammation. This is because of turmeric’s...
Do You Have A Zinc Deficiency?
Zinc Deficiency? As mentioned in a previous post on supporting your immune system, zinc is one of the key nutrients for overall health and wellbeing. As a foundational supplement, you should be consuming 25-50mg of zinc each day. How Do You Know If You Have A Zinc...
Immune System Support
Immune System Support – Is it possible? During the uncertainty of the last 3 years, there has been a lot of debate about whether you can “boost” your immune system. Boost vs. balance vs. support. It’s all semantics. What we do know for sure is that your immune...
How Chiropractic Helps – Research
How Chiropractic Helps - What Research Says The most comprehensive research review of how chiropractic helps included assessment of over 70,000 patient visits per month, during the time frame of 1999 to 2005. The review was carried out by a medical doctor and two...
Can Journaling Help with Stress?
Can Journaling Help with Stress? Dr. Kalaba Notes the Benefits of Journaling One way to counteract stress is to keep a gratitude journal. Even in the face of adversity, by acknowledging and writing down all the good things that are in your life, you can help yourself...
Gratitude Attitude
Gratitude Attitude - A True Day of Gratitude (Need a Journal? Click here.) Do you have a gratitude attitude? Like most holidays in this country, Thanksgiving has been highly commercialized. How about we turn it into a true day of gratitude. We don't even need a...
Reviews for Dr. Kalaba, Gentle Chiropractor in Tucson
Dr. Kalaba has helped hundreds of people and performed thousands of adjustments over the last 10 years while practicing in Tucson. See what 20 of them had to say in their reviews about her gentle chiropractic care. Maybe yours will be the next great review. Have you...
Healthy Recipe – Roasted Red Cabbage – Keto Friendly
Your Healthy Recipe - Super Easy Roasted Cabbage - Keto Friendly Cabbage is a great veggie to add to your repertoire, and it is easy to prep and roast. Start with a medium head of cabbage. Cut into 2-inch pieces. Leave the core/stem in place to hold some big chunks...
Non-Toxic Cookware
Non-Toxic Cookware One source of toxins that many people don’t think about is cookware. Did you know that non-stick cookware is coated with materials that are considered toxic and even carcinogenic? These toxic chemicals are part what make them non-stick, and this...
Keto Breakfast Smoothie
Dr. Kalaba's Favorite Keto Breakfast Smoothie What do you eat in the morning? Does it power you up, keep you full, and ramp up your fat burning? This keto breakfast smoothie does just that. Watch the video, then scroll down for the recipe.Keto Breakfast Smoothie...
Foods That Cause Inflammation
Foods That Cause Inflammation Not only does chronic inflammation lead to joint pain, but did you know research has shown over and over again that inflammation is one of the major underlying elements of disease? “…inflammatory responses that fail to regulate themselves...
How Chiropractic Helps
How Chiropractic Helps What’s The Issue? Did you know that your body is made up of about 70 trillion cells? And those cells work together miraculously to create YOU! But how do these cells know what to do? Something has to guide them. Something has to give them...
How Keto Works
How Keto Works? The goal of ketogenic eating is to change the way the body burns food for fuel, specifically by turning healthy fats into ketone bodies that then fuel your cells. In the Standard American Diet, fuel that is used to power every process in your body—from...
Tucson Chiropractor Explains Stretching with Plantar Fasciitis
What's the Best Way to Stretch Your Calves When You Have Plantar Faciitis? When you have plantar fasciitis or Achilles tendonitis, the last thing you want to do is to pull on the fascia or the tendon. It is already tight, angry, and possibly very painful. You need a...
Testimonials
Dr. Lee Ann provides a thorough evaluation & walks you through the entire process so you know exactly what to expect during your care. This was my first time to a chiropractor & had some anxiety as to what to expect. She’s uses a gentle technique which alleviated any anxiety I had. She was extremely professional & caring as to the issues I was having. Asked lots of questions & was great with my follow up care! Definitely recommend for chiropractic care.
-Natalia
I’ve never been to a Chiro that has taken as thorough of an intake to be sure she understands my body and what I need. I really appreciate her gentle approach and that it works WITH the nervous system, not AT the nervous system! I recommend her to my massage clients who are looking for a chiropractor who isn’t going to simply bring them in, crack them, and send them on their way in 15 minutes or less. Thank you Lee Ann Kalaba for all you do!
-Andrea
I’ve been receiving regular treatments from Dr. Lee Ann for over a year. My initial visits were for help with pain and nutritional therapy, but now I go for maintenance and I’m happy to report she has helped me change my health and my outlook on life. She is a gifted practitioner who works with you to make the necessary changes to improve your overall health. Thank you, Dr. Lee Ann!!
-Nicole
Online Essential Healing Resources
5 Steps to Increase Your Vitality Wellness eBook
5 steps everyone can take to help increase your vitality.
Easy Meal Planning
Here is an easy meal plan to help contribute to your healthiest day possible.
Steps to Minimize Toxins
Here are some tips to minimize toxin exposure from your body card products.
Find Your Balance.
Set Your Goals.
Take A Step.
We can’t be our best selves and maximize our impact in our lives, with our families, on the job, or out in the world when we are experiencing chronic inflammation, fatigue, and dis-ease. Therefore, our health should be our #1 priority. This is why I am honored to be your Tucson chiropractor.